{{Infobox musical artist | name = Ali Merdan | image = عەلی مەردان 1.jpg | caption = | image_size = 250 | birth_name = | birth_date = 1904 | birth_place = Kirkuk, Iraq | death_date = {{Death date and age|1981|07|24|1904|01|01}} | death_place = Baghdad, Iraq | origin = Iraqi | instrument = | genre = Classical Kurdish | occupation = | years_active = ?–1981 | associated_acts = | website = }}
'''Ali Merdan''' ({{langx|ku|'''عهلی مهردان'''}}‎; 1904–1981) was an Iraqi musician of Kurdish descent who was born in Kirkuk. He widely regarded as the man who revolutionized the maqam. Ali Mardan launched the Kurdish Radio Station in 1939 in Baghdad.
==Childhood== <!-- Image with unknown copyright status removed: thumb|left|Ali Merdan on Stage at the Kurdish Radio Station which he found in the late 1930s. --> At the age of six, Ali's father died therefore many responsibilities fell on his shoulder like supporting his family and at the same time to finish his studies.
==Career== During his half a century career, according to relatives and close friends, he sang more than 1000 songs, but not all of them have been recorded due to a lack of recording equipment in his early days. Ali merdan was the inspirational artist and inspired the golden generation of Kurdish Singers such as Muhamad Salih Dilan, Mamle, Hesen Zirek, Tahir Tewfiq, and Ahmad Shamal.
==Death== On July 24, 1981, Ali Merdan died at the age of 77.
==See also== *Music of Iraq *Kurdish music
==References== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071212191348/http://www.xozga.com/nawdaran/hunermendan/62.html Xozga - Ali Merdan] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023210311/http://www.worldmusic.cn/musicboxv2/index.php?action=artist&id=63 World Music - Ali Merdan] * [http://www.darbreni-nwe.blogfa.com/post-67.aspx The Voice of a Genius]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Merdan, Ali}} Category:Kurdish people in Iraq Category:Kurdish-language Iraqi singers Category:1904 births Category:1981 deaths Category:People from Kirkuk Category:20th-century Iraqi male singers
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